Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-03-20
WEST
The Last Exhibition a; KRIS a Great
Success.

Success.
The Art Exhibition which has been IN
progress at Kinks Art Store, on Main
street, for the past ten days, closed yester-
day. The greatest interest has beca man
ifested in it, from the beginning, and the
rooms have been filled from the
first, hy persons in art and on
Friday a REGISTER scribe dropped
into the exhibition rooms TO inspect the
collection. Several of the paintings aud
other articles had been removed. hut the
collection was very interesting and made
a most creditable display indeed. The
large room was literally lined with oil
paintings, crayOn work, pastel work,
PLAQUES, decorated china, art n~eedlework
and innUmerahle other examples of GeCora-
ton. in which our young ladies are becam-
ing so proficient. The display was larger
than at ms previous exhibit and ON that
/ account it Is impossible 10 even attempt II
give the names of the artists or the subjects
of the pieces, or even more than "A glance
az the work which was on exhibition.
The number Of oil paintings in the dis
play would almost defy description, but
| all showed careful study and many eXhlh-
! tied decided talent. The landscapes were
remarkably 7 II in Interpretation OF the
effects of light and shade, and the expires
sion OF the seasons and condition, oil wealth
CT by means of natural fOrIsS and cOlOring
were in many instances remarkably true
and comprehensive. The figure pieces
were also much above the average IN col
OTipg and expression. Several paintings
introducing animals showed careful ami
experienced handling.
Two old oil paintings which were among
the collection attracted much attention.
| One, a portrait of Henry Clay, has quite a
history a synopsis OF which WAS published
in the REGISTER some time ago The
other Is a painting OF Wheeling Island,
taken from Bridgeport hill, looking east,
It was painted in lS25 and Is interesting
as showing the appearance of the "clty
ut that time. An old style couple,
wearing the quaint dress Of the period, ap
pear in the foreground suggesting the date
of the picture more iurclbly 10 the oh
.veT.
Two decorated miTrOrS-Oue a very large
one in q broad walnut frame, which were
embellished with flowers and tiguTeS-wtT'
universally admired ~ were several eIe
gantly painted panels REPRESENTING Stork'
in various attitudes.
Two decorated fire screens deserve Spc,
/ cial notice. One is 4 beautiful example o
pastel work showing three large land
scapes- The other is painted IN oil anC
shows on the middle fold an autumn land
Scape and stOrES on each of the sid,
panels.
The display of pastel and crayou WORK
j. larger and more elegant than at any
previous exhibit and several of the Land
ScapeS, done in paStels are elegant. The
~cravonS were literally too numerous Il
mention, but all were good and both the
portraits and figure pieces which were dis
played showed much progress IN execution
since the last exhibit.
Three native japanese paintings from
Yokohama are one OF the features 81 tn,
collection, two of which are elegantly and
carefully painted portraits of ladies and
the third representing a nude infant lean,
ing ~laughingly over a crescent ON ~ ent
of which Is perched an owl. THESE arr
really artistic gems, and while possessing
the most natural effects, yet they show in thu
handling Il shading al the dTapeFy ana
finer lines. all the d~elicaCy and minuteneS
of workmanship for which the Japlne>'
are 80 famed.
The exhibit. which is the third Il o
the kind held by Mr.. Kirk, "a an un
qualified success. Besides the works r.
ferred To above there were many Others OF
the same kind, while the nun her o
PLAQUES. decorated china sets, specimens
of needle work and many other kinds o
decorated work we're larger and of more
decided merit and talent than 1T any
previous exhibit. Many OF the painting
and other articles sold for large prices and
much interest was manifested throughout,
When the fact is taken into consideration
that most OF the work displayed is the
pSOduction OF local talent, We may say that
the art future OF Wheeling is very bright,
indeed.